2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Health

bestofneworleans.com   

Safe sex during Southern Decadence   
bestofneworleans.com
An estimated 160,000 revelers come to New Orleans each Labor Day weekend for Southern Decadence. The Sunday parade on Royal Street is an annual highlight. A table at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann streets is a yearly fixture during the hubbub of ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Science

Clapway   

Has ET Spread His Interstellar Seed?   
Clapway
In all the observed universe, of all the magnificent wonders of the universe, even of the hundreds of extrasolar planets catalogued over the past two decades, only Earth is known to harbor life as we know it. But that's all we need to ask some very ...
Alien life, if extant, will exist in detectable clusters in our galaxy: Study   Examiner.com
30 August 2015 in News: Interstellar seeds could create oases of life   Astronomy Now Online
Mimicking a virus or an outbreak of an epidemic, alien life has spread across ...   The Market Business
Yibada (English Edition)   
Bulletin Leader   
PPP Focus.com   
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Sky News Australia   

Plastic in guts of 99% of seabirds by 2050   
Sky News Australia
About 90 per cent of all seabirds alive today have eaten plastic of some kind, scientists say. Australian and British researchers say it demonstrates the urgent need for all nations to better manage their waste and cut down on packaging. Scientists ...
Scientists warn almost all seabirds will ingest plastic by 2050   ABC Online
Up to 90% of seabirds have plastic in their guts, study finds   The Guardian
Seabirds 'blighted by plastic waste'   BBC News
Voice of America   
Daily Mail   
CBC.ca   
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NEWS.com.au   

Scientists develop slow-melting ice cream   
NEWS.com.au
THE summer scourge of sticky hands could become a thing of the past as British researchers announced the discovery of an ingredient to make slow-melting ice cream on Monday. The protein BslA, which occurs naturally in some food, helps to blend the ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Sports

NewsDay   

Another blow for Warriors   
NewsDay
KALISTO Pasuwa will have to make adjustments to his squad after England-based midfielder Macauley Bonne was ruled out of the Warriors clash against Guinea in Harare on Sunday becoming the third player to withdraw. BY TAWANDA TAFIRENYIKA.
COSTA COMMITS TO CAUSE   The Zimbabwe Daily
Let us support our Warriors   The Zimbabwe Standard
Blow for Warriors… Antipas ruled out… Two players ignore call up   Nehanda Radio
Bulawayo24 News (press release) (blog)   
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NewsDay   

Zim finish second at Africa Motocross Championships   
NewsDay
THE Zimbabwe motocross team failed to capitalise on home advantage finishing runners-up to defending champions South Africa at the 2015 FIM Africa Motocross Championships that concluded at Donnybrook Raceway on Sunday. BY MUNYARADZI ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Entertainment

CNN International   

'Ready for Kanye' committee formed   
CNN International
Washington (CNN) One Republican in Maryland is ready for President Kanye West. The night after West claimed at MTV's Video Music Awards that he's running for president in 2020, the "Ready for Kanye" committee -- which, in theory, would allow the group ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Technology

Technology Zimbabwe   

Frustration for Econet subscribers as network fails to connect voice calls   
Technology Zimbabwe
If you have been trying to make voice calls from an Econet number and can't get through, it's not just your phone. The whole network appears to be facing challenges with connecting subscribers for voice calls. This problem appears to have affected the ...
Econet, Liquid Telecom pull out of network-sharing talks   Telecompaper (subscription)

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NewsDay   

Hyundai, Kia offer deep discounts in China   
Korea Times
Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have begun offering deep discounts on sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and other cars by as much as 40 percent in order to prop up their sagging sales in China. The discount campaign is also designed to exhaust inventories of ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Business

NewsDay   

Cementing the right foundations   
China Daily
Africa ' s richest man has signed a contract with a Chinese company to further increase Nigeria ' s cement production . Dangote Cement Plc of Nigeria signed construction contracts worth $228 million with China ' s Sinoma International Group to build ...
Walk the talk on corruption   NewsDay
Africa's Richest Man, Nigeria's Dangote, Plans Zimbabwe Cement Plant   Jakarta Globe
UPDATE 2-Africa's richest man, Nigeria's Dangote, plans Zimbabwe cement plant   Reuters
BusinessDay   
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News24   

Labour, Race Relations and Zimbabwe   
News24
In view of the recent labour furore in Zimbabwe, I came across some interesting information. Consider this. In 1991, a researcher from the Graduate School of Management at the University of Queensland named M. Shadur published a report on a ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe World

The Indian Express   

Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed   
Washington Post
KIEV, Ukraine — A grenade exploded outside Ukraine's parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer and injuring 122 people, the Interior Ministry said. It ...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; one officer killed   Firstpost
Violent Protest Follows Kiev Vote on Autonomy for East Ukraine   New York Times
Ukraine clashes: deadly protests in Kiev   Irish Times
Gawker   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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Newsweek   

Vice News Journalists Detained in Turkey on Charges of 'Aiding a Terrorist ...   
NBCNews.com
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — A Turkish court charged two Vice News journalists and their assistant on Monday with "aiding a terrorist organization" and ordered them arrested pending trial. Their employer has called the charges "baseless and alarmingly false.".
Turkey: Journalists Held in Terror Case   New York Times
Turkey Arrests Vice News Journalists on Terror-Related Charges   Wall Street Journal
Turkish court charges Vice News reporters with terrorism links   Sydney Morning Herald
Voice of America   
Jakarta Post   
Mirror.co.uk   
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The Cry For Media Freedom in Egypt   
Huffington Post
This post was originally published on The Toolbox, a tech and social impact initiative of Humanise, Inc. Something exquisitely tragic happens when power and politics bind the hands and mouths of journalists. A lifeline between all sides of the truth ...

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Death toll at 158 in blasts at China port   
Herald Sun
THE death toll has risen to 158 from explosions at a chemical warehouse in north-eastern China, with 15 people still missing. THE toll included 94 firefighters and 11 police killed in the August 12 accident, the official Xinhua news agency reported on ...

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The Australian Financial Review   

Russia launches fresh crackdown on internet   
The Australian Financial Review
Some 20 laws tightening government control of the Internet have been passed in Russia since President Vladimir Putin's re-election in 2012. Alexei Nikolsky. by Olivia Solon. Global Internet firms operating in Russia wake up on Tuesday to a new era in ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Africa

CHANNELS TELEVISION   

Buhari Swears In SGF, NSA, SA Media   
CHANNELS TELEVISION
Femi-Adesina-Babagana-Mungono-Babachir-Lawal President Mohammadu Buhari has sworn in the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, National Security Adviser, Babagana Mungono and the Special Assistant to the ...

2015-09-01 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Bulawayo24 News   

Nothing Amiss With Indigenisation Law, Says Minister Mushohwe   
AllAfrica.com
Despite the country's failure to attract meaningful foreign direct investment as a result of government populist policies, minister Chris Mushohwe has said there is nothing wrong with the indigenisation law. Zimbabwe's economy is in a free fall due to ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Health

The Zimbabwe Daily   

Beware of fake drugs: Health Minister warns   
The Zimbabwe Daily
HARARE – The government has warned members of the public against buying pharmaceutical products from unregistered dealers as they may cause serious side effects and drug resistance. HIV. This follows an operation carried out by members of the ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Science

Clapway   

Has ET Spread His Interstellar Seed?   
Clapway
In all the observed universe, of all the magnificent wonders of the universe, even of the hundreds of extrasolar planets catalogued over the past two decades, only Earth is known to harbor life as we know it. But that's all we need to ask some very ...
Alien life, if extant, will exist in detectable clusters in our galaxy: Study   Examiner.com
30 August 2015 in News: Interstellar seeds could create oases of life   Astronomy Now Online
Would alien life spread like a virus?   RedOrbit
The Market Business   
Yibada (English Edition)   
Bulletin Leader   
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The Independent   

Watch the Supermoon live: How to see the brightest Moon of the year tonight   
The Independent
Tonight will see the first "Supermoon" of the year – the brightest, biggest view of the celestial satellite around. One of three such shows by the Moon this year, the phenomenon will take place all over the globe today, 29 August 2015, as the moon ...

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NEWS.com.au   

Sydney supermoon: Australia treated to year's first celestial phenomenon   
NEWS.com.au
SYDNEY stargazers have been treated to a spectacle in the sky in the form of the year's first celestial phenomenon, the supermoon. The east coast of Australia got their first taste of the supermoon just after the moon rose around 7pm AEST, while the ...
Full Moon On Saturday Dubbed “The Supermoon”   Press Examiner
Supermoon Saturday : Everything you need to know about the incredible   TV Newsroom
Families: Watch the 'supermoon' rise Saturday   Ledger Gazette

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TV Newsroom   

Frogs' irrational choices counter sexual selection theory   
TV Newsroom
The most attractive, quickest call tended to trump a call of intermediate tone and speed. Their declaration is grounded on recent studies they have made to determine how female choose their partners and what traits are considered attractive among ...
Túngara frogs make irrational decisions when it comes to mating   Fx Report Daily
Female Tungara Frogs May be 'Irrational' When Choosing Their Mate   Ledger Gazette
Female Túngara frogs don''t always make rational decision while selecting a mate   The Hullabaloo Online
Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog)   
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The Standard Daily   

Study to repeat 100 past research experiments failed half of the time ...   
The Standard Daily
Over 300 scientists set out to repeat the successes recorded in about 100 past research experiments and published by top psychology journals just to see if they'd get the same results obtained by the original experimenters – but alas, they failed half ...
Study Finds The Most Published Psychology Research Papers Suffer Credibility Issue   The Market Business
Psychology research papers suffer credibility issue as results can't be ...   Northern Californian
Outside experts cannot replicate the way people think or act and it is beyond ...   KRWG News22
The Times (subscription)   
iFreePress.com (blog)   
The Monitor Daily   
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ABC News   

'Mission isolation' to experience Mars life   
Times of India
What do you get when you put four Americans, a French astrobiologist and a German physicist in a dome with a diameter of just 36 feet? A simulation of life on Mars, apparently. Six recruits have began the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Sports

The Zimbabwe Daily   

Mafu under pressure as Bosso lose   
The Zimbabwe Daily
DEAD MAN WALKING . . . Bongani Mafu continued to feel the heat as Highlanders fell in a Bulawayo derby at Barbourfields yesterday. Sikhumbuzo Moyo in Bulawayo Highlanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 2. Chicken Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1 ...
Sibanda howler leaves Mafu on the brink   NewsDay
Antipas wary of struggling Highlanders   New Zimbabwe.com
Lets do it for Mawii….. Bosso challenged   Nehanda Radio
VOA Zimbabwe   
Bulawayo24 News (press release) (blog)   
ZimEye - Zimbabwe News   
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The Zimbabwe Daily   

Rooney strikes again   
The Zimbabwe Daily
JUST as he has often done this season, talismanic midfielder Ronald “Rooney” Chitiyo was the toast of the day for champions Dynamos, weaving his magic to find a late winner that gave his side victory in a Premiership tie at Rufaro yesterday. Chitiyo ...
Chitiyo inspires DeMbare   NewsDay
Masomere taunts DeMbare   The Zimbabwe Standard
Masomere declares war on Dynamos   New Zimbabwe.com

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Bulawayo24 News (press release) (blog)   

Zifa unveil $100k Joma kit sponsorship deal   
Bulawayo24 News (press release) (blog)
ZIFA president Cuthbert Dube is hopeful that their new technical partner - a Spanish sportswear manufacturer - will more than just supply kits to all national teams but help spruce the association's battered image. Speaking at a function to unveil a ...

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Nehanda Radio   

Blow for Warriors… Antipas ruled out… Two players ignore call up   
Nehanda Radio
WARRIORS midfielder Quincy Antipas has been ruled out of next weekend's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea after suffering an ankle injury that required minor surgery last week. Quincy Antipas. That's not all the bad news for coach Callisto ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Entertainment

News24   

Babyface, Toni Braxton to breathe again in SA   
News24
Musician, songwriter, record producer and multiple Grammy Award winner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and singer Toni Braxton have started their first African tour together after the release of their hit album. Their first show was in Harare, Zimbabwe, ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Technology

NEWS.com.au   

An Apple product is about to double in price   
NEWS.com.au
A NEW Apple TV is expected to be shown at Apple's big iPhone event on September 9, but reports suggest it could be more than double in price. 9to5Mac is reporting that the next generation Apple TV will cost between $US149 and $US199 which would most ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Business

NewsDay   

Stop decline of agriculture sector   
NewsDay
The 2015 Harare Agricultural Show has come and gone. But it has exposed the declining state of the agricultural sector which previously was the country's key economic driver. It is regrettable that today there is no agriculture to talk about; it is in ...
Armageddon for Zim agriculture   New Zimbabwe.com

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The Zimbabwe Daily   

GMB seeks $50m to recapitalise   
The Zimbabwe Daily
The Grain Marketing Board is seeking $50 million to recapitalise its operations. Of the funds, $31 million will go towards the rehabilitation of its silos, $10 million on the recapitalisation of the commercial unit and $8 million for upgrading ...
GMB sweats over 1 200 fired employees' payment   The Zimbabwe Standard

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New Zimbabwe.com   

Richest African in Zimbabwe Monday, Khaya   
New Zimbabwe.com
AFRICA's richest man Aliko Dangote is this Monday expected to be in Harare as he tries to establish himself in the country that is in dire need for Foreign Direct Investment. Simon Khaya Moyo, the minister for Investment Promotion, told New Zimbabwe ...
Dangote commissions $250 million cement factory in Cameroun   Daily Sun
Dangote inaugurates $250 m plant in Cameroon   http://www.newmail-ng.com/ (satire) (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Africa's Richest Man Signs Deal With China, Inaugurates $250 Million Cement ...   In Homeland Security
AllAfrica.com   
CNBCAfrica.com   
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BDlive   

Zimbabwe relaxes empowerment law to boost investment-govt paper   
Reuters
HARARE Aug 30 Zimbabwe, suffering from economic recession and lack of foreign investment, is relaxing a black economic empowerment law forcing foreign-owned firms to sell majority shares to locals in a bid to attract investment, a cabinet minister said ...
Indigenisation law spot on, Mushohwe   New Zimbabwe.com
In Zimbabwe: Government relaxes empowerment law to boost investment-govt paper   Pulse Nigeria

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NewsDay   

Hyundai records increase in sales   
NewsDay
Hyundai had a slight uptick in sales for the month of July with 24 vehicles which helped increase market share by 0,2% year on year amid a dip in motor industry. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA. Speaking at the launch of the new 2 litre engine Hyundai Tucson 2016 ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe World

Brisbane Times   

Foreigner arrested in Bangkok bombing case   
New Zealand Herald
Police have arrested a suspect in relation to the Bangkok shrine bombing. Photo / Thai Police. Thai authorities arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Africa

Reuters Africa   

Insight - Clan warfare trumps diplomacy in Mali's fragile north   
Reuters Africa
GAO (Reuters) - The United Nations has deployed 10,000 peacekeepers and poured more than $1 billion (£650 million) into Mali but its efforts to end a three-year conflict are threatened by the reemergence of a centuries-old rivalry between Tuareg clans.

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Bella Naija   

100 days of Buhari   
BusinessDay
As President Muhammadu Buhari marks his first 100 days in office, we note with joy the positive atmosphere that has enveloped the nation and the renewed hope and optimism it has engendered among Nigerians that 'change' has indeed come and that we ...

2015-08-31 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Standard   

Harare Agricultural Show Opens   
ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
The 105th Harare Agricultural Show was yesterday officially opened by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. In his speech he called for greater cooperation in the area of agriculture between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. President Nyusi, who arrived in the ...

2015-08-30 Zimbabwe Health

REFILE-S.Africa's Tutu expected home from hospital next week   
Reuters
(Corrects spelling of prostate in paragraph 3). CAPE TOWN Aug 27 (Reuters) - Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was responding well to a two-week intravenous antibiotic course and could be discharged from hospital ...

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NEWS.com.au   

'Unicorn woman' appeals for help   
NEWS.com.au
A WOMAN with an abnormal growth on her head that appears to be in the shape of a large horn has become known in her village as the “unicorn woman.” Liang Xiuzhen, 87, of China's Sichuan Province, noticed something resembling a black mole growing ...

2015-08-30 Zimbabwe Science

Sci-News.com   

Interstellar seeds could create oases of life   
Space Daily
We only have one example of a planet with life: Earth. But within the next generation, it should become possible to detect signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars. If we find alien life, new questions will arise. For example, did that life ...
Alien life, if extant, will exist in detectable clusters in our galaxy: Study   Examiner.com
Would alien life spread like a virus?   RedOrbit
If panspermia is the transportation system that spreads life in the universe ...   KRWG News22
Times of Malta   
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Hutchinson News   

Fountain: Mission to Pluto opens eyes   
Hutchinson News
Glen Fountain, a native of Arlington, Kansas, is the project manager for the New Horizons spacecraft that recently gave invaluable data about Pluto, is photographed in the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Museum on August 29, 2015. Glen Fountain.
Next Stop Kuiper Belt For New Horizons ?   Nature World Report
New Horizon will go on a next mission after Pluto flyby   California Turkish Times
Beyond Pluto: 2nd Target Chosen for New Horizons Probe   The Hullabaloo Online
News Ledge   
Gazette Tribune   
CNN International   
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Atlanta Journal Constitution   

Skywatch: A full harvest moon with a total lunar eclipse   
Washington Post
Forget July's blue moon. For September's full moon, you'll probably see red. Catch a compelling, cosmic treat Sept. 27 and 28: It's a full harvest moon featuring a total lunar eclipse. As Earth travels around the sun, the planet always casts a shadow ...
Rare 'supermoon' will take over night sky Saturday   UPI.com
Heads Up! There's A Supermoon Tonight   CBS Local
First Of Three 'Supermoons' In Skies   Sky News
Akron Beacon Journal   
RT   
NY City News   
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Hindustan Times   

One year and counting: Nasa's Mars isolation experiment begins   
Hindustan Times
This October image -- courtesy of the University of Hawaii at Manoa -- shows the (L-R) Brian Shiro, HI-SEAS Mission Support, University of Hawaii at Manoa and HI-SEAS Mission 3 crew members: Sophie Milam, Joceyln Dunn, Zak Wilson, Allen Mirkadyrov, ...

2015-08-30 Zimbabwe Sports

New Zimbabwe.com   

Antipas wary of struggling Highlanders   
New Zimbabwe.com
CHICKEN Inn coach Joey Antipas says he respects Highlanders and is expecting a tough game when the two sides meet in a derby encounter at Barbourfields on Sunday. Antipas is seeking to help his side maintain top spot where they are four points clear at ...